Patents Examined by Patricia H Munson
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Patent number: 11270397Abstract: An automatic urban land identification system integrating business big data with building forms, including a data acquiring and inputting module, a database construction module, a machine learning training module, an automatic identification module, and a data outputting module. The system automatically identifies an urban land by extracting a data distribution feature of an urban business site and a multi-dimensional form feature of an urban spatial three-dimensional entity. The system can be used for the determining of land usage of an urban plot in the field of urban planning and design, to achieve efficient and automatic refined identification of land usages of cities of different scales based on an artificial intelligence system, providing an efficient and convenient surveying and mapping approach and reference for surveying and mapping of the current urban construction land, and effectively saving time costs of manual surveying and mapping.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITYInventors: Junyan Yang, Dian Shao, Qiao Wang, Zhicheng Liu
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Patent number: 11263568Abstract: In some examples, a system includes an article of hearing protection assigned to a worker, and a portable computing device assigned to the worker; a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the portable computing device, the remote computing device configured to receive sound level data that indicate different sound levels at different, respective locations of a work environment; determine, based on location data received from the portable computing device, an amount of sound received by the worker over a period of time; identify an updated location in the work environment having a sound level that is different from a current location, based at least in part on the article of hearing protection, the amount of sound, and the sound level data that indicates different sound levels at different, respective locations; and generate a notification that instructs the worker to move from the current location to the updated location.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Steven R. Digre, Darcey L. Holloway, Eric C. Lobner, Ted K. Madison, Philip J. Savoie, Pageen S. Smith, Lauraine L. Wells, Michael G. Wurm, Cameron J. Fackler, James D. Brown, Matthew J. Blackford, Steven T. Awiszus, Elliott H. Berger
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Patent number: 11257019Abstract: The present teaching relates to managing computing resources. In one example, a search query is received from a user. A plurality of performance scores associated with a plurality of providers is obtained from a provider score database. One of the plurality of providers is selected based on the plurality of performance scores. The search query is transmitted to be performed by the selected one of the plurality of providers. One or more search results are received in response to the search query from the selected one of the plurality of providers. The one or more search results are presented to the user to be displayed on a user device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.Inventors: Jin Xu, Priscilla Amirtharaj
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Patent number: 11250363Abstract: A processing device is configured to detect arrival of at least a particular user in a group of a plurality of users competing for designated resources of a system, and responsive to the detected arrival, to solve a resource allocation optimization problem that considers individualized characteristics of user resource allocation requests of respective ones of the users to obtain potential assignments of respective ones of the users to respective ones of the resources. The processing device is further configured to update one or more game model parameters based at least in part on the solution to the resource allocation optimization problem, to update a specified look-ahead function based at least in part on the one or more updated game model parameters, and to assign the particular user to a particular one of the resources based at least in part on a difference between an updated value of the look-ahead function and a previous value of the look-ahead function.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Hamid R. Sayarshad, Shahram Sattar
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Patent number: 11250529Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a computer-implemented methodology for automatically indicating in a computer-aided dispatch system for a plurality of assignable participants, such as emergency vehicles, to be dispatched to one of a plurality of facilities, whether a facility is in a diverting status or a receiving status. A centralized database receives a change in status for a vehicle for use in determining the status of a facility. In response to receiving the change in status for the vehicle, the status information about the vehicle including a current status and a prior status is transmitted to one or more client programs. A client program receives the current status and the prior status of the vehicle and uses the current status and prior status of the vehicle along with a criteria set to determine if any of the plurality of facilities' status should be changed from receiving to diverting or from diverting to receiving.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Intergraph CorporationInventors: Heather Ruth Kyemba, Joshua Bret Cooley
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Patent number: 11244261Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages catalogs or portfolios of software products (e.g., desktop applications and server products) on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through the enterprise catalog service, an administrator in a customer organization may discover, select, and ingest products (e.g., based on their features, pricing, and terms), and may add them to catalogs or portfolios for subsequent use by end users in the organization. The administrator may apply constraints on product use and limit product access to particular end users. The products may include third party products that are made available through the enterprise catalog service and a customer's own applications. The enterprise catalog service may monitor usage of third party products and bill the customer organization. Products managed by the enterprise catalog service may be deployed through an application fulfillment platform or resource stack management platform.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Sheshadri Supreeth Koushik, Benjamin David Newman, Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell
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Patent number: 11238467Abstract: Provided herein are systems for managing properties, e.g., real estate or financial properties, in real time and over time. The system generally comprises an electronic device with at least a processor, a memory and a display coupled to the processor and at least one network connection and an interactive management tool coupled to the electronic device. The interactive management tool comprises features for managing captured leads such as Email Alerts, Exporting, Labels, Syncing, Value, and Mobility. Also provided is a method for utilizing the system to capture leads and to interactively manage the same. Further provided herein is a non-transitory machine-readable storage device comprising processor-executable instructions to perform the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Inventor: Ronen Sasson
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Patent number: 11232382Abstract: Illustrative embodiments provide automated methods and systems for generating customer communications through analysis of known data of the customer, and data derived from third-party systems such as social media platforms and government data sources. Some embodiments provide automated methods and systems that produce, based on past interactions with a customer, a set of future interactions for execution by a sender. The set of future interactions is preferably configured, relative to a previous set of interactions, to increase the likelihood of a favorable response from the customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: GRAVYTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Richard M. Palmer, II, Adam Martel, Nima Abbasighadikolaei
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Patent number: 11232381Abstract: Systems and methods for managing resources in an IT infrastructure are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for managing resources in an IT infrastructure may include: (1) retrieving, from a database, an identification of a plurality of IT infrastructure resources for an organization; (2) retrieving at least one attribute for each IT infrastructure resource; (3) graphing an IT infrastructure for the organization by illustrating a relation of each IT infrastructure resource to at least one other IT infrastructure resource and the attributes for each IT infrastructure resource; (4) analyzing the graph in order to identify a potential IT infrastructure resource for removal from the IT infrastructure for the organization; and (5) implementing a decision engine to recommend removal or maintenance of the identified IT infrastructure resource.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Darren Marvin, Thomas Williams, Hani El Sayyed, Dane Z. Payne
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Patent number: 11227294Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for collecting an using eye heading and sight heading information in head worn computing.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLCInventors: Edward H. Nortrup, John N. Border
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Patent number: 11227296Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including an accumulating unit that accumulates an emotion history in which a level of a specific emotion calculated on a basis of a behavior history of a user, a date and time and a position at which the specific emotion occurs, and an associated keyword are associated. The information processing system further includes a control unit that predicts a level of the specific emotion in a specific place at a specific date and time from a relation between at least any one of the specific date and time, the specific place, and a keyword associated with the date and time or the place and the emotion history accumulated in the accumulating unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hideyuki Ono
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Patent number: 11216872Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automated computer implemented system and method observes a user's actions in real-time and provides error checking and business intelligence. The system comprises a computer processor programmed to: generate, via the rules engine, a rule pack specific to a line of business, the rule pack comprising one or more rules; receive, via the interface, user interaction data in real-time, as a user interacts with the interface; apply, via the rules engine, the rule pack to the user interaction data; automatically identify at least one error in the user interaction data to address errors in credit disputes reporting; and generate a message responsive to the at least one error, the message displayed on the interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Inventors: Michael S. Davis, Allen M. Butler
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Patent number: 11205146Abstract: A method including operations of displaying a scheduling interface including a first work item user interface element corresponding to a first work item, the first work item user interface element displayed to visually indicate a scheduled start date of the first work item and a scheduled end date for the first work item; receiving forecast data generated in respect of the first work item; determining, based on the forecast data, a first forecast range in respect of the first work item; and displaying a first forecast user interface element on the scheduling interface, the first forecast user interface element corresponding to the first work item and having an appearance based on the first forecast range.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN INC.Inventors: Ben Morgan, Cyprien Autexier, Andre Van der Schyff, Seung Yeon Sa, Daniel Annesly, Pavel Vlasov, Waiyee Loo, Albert Kavelar, Lukas Maczejka, Martin Sturm, Paul Glantschnig
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Patent number: 11199832Abstract: A solution is proposed for managing one or more industrial products. A method, computer system, and computer program product for creating a reference model providing a formal representation of reference policies according to reference artifacts and creating corresponding activity models providing a formal representation of activities (to be performed on the industrial products) according to corresponding activity artifacts; alignment indicators indicative of an alignment of the activities with the reference policies are calculated according to a comparison between the corresponding activity models and the reference model.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fabio Cerri, Alice Guidotti, Bernardo Pastorelli, Leonardo Rosati
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Patent number: 11195132Abstract: A maintenance prioritization method, system, and computer program product, include collecting information including image data and status data for a plurality of objects of interest, building a three-dimensional image for each object, and estimating a risk factor of failure for each object by analyzing the information and the three-dimensional image of the object to compare with known characteristics of the object and a reference object description.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Alexe Bojovschi, Laura Irina Rusu, John Michael Wagner
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Patent number: 11182749Abstract: Methods and systems pertaining to generating a set of appointments for a vehicle shop schedule are described. A method can comprise outputting a first vehicle shop schedule for displaying on a display. The first vehicle shop schedule comprises a first set of appointments. The method further comprises receiving a first new appointment that comprises first temporal data and first customer data. Furthermore, the method comprises generating a second set of appointments by aggregating the first new appointment with the first set of appointments and outputting a second vehicle shop schedule for displaying on the display instead of displaying the first vehicle shop schedule. The second vehicle shop schedule comprises the second set of appointments. One or more appointments can include technician data and shop resource data, such as a vehicle bay or scan tool identifier, for providing schedule views based on technicians or shop resources.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: MITCHELL REPAIR INFORMATION COMPANY, LLCInventors: Lester B. Johnson, John H. Dwulet
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Patent number: 11176499Abstract: Data is obtained specifying a measure of a data set to be analyzed by human experts and allotted time for analysis completion. Based on same, a schedule is created for a primary meeting of human experts, whose aim is to analyze the data. The meeting is evaluated to create rate estimates for hypothetical meeting partitions; and, if the primary meeting is not adhering to schedule and/or can be speeded up, the meeting partitions are simulated until a partitioning scheme is determined that can restore the meeting to schedule and/or speed it up. In another aspect, a model of focus of attention of each member of a group of individuals engaged in an activity requiring cooperation is dynamically updated, and a cooperation index is determined based on the model of focus of attention, an interaction graph, and at least one physiological parameter of at least one of the members.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Brian P. Gaucher, James R. Kozloski, Clifford A. Pickover, Valentina Salapura, Alan M. Webb
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Patent number: 11164158Abstract: In an information processor, an acquirer acquires a departure point and transportation of each of multiple users and a destination in common. A provisional setting unit provisionally sets a meeting place multiple times. For the meeting place provisionally set each time, a calculation unit derives a travel cost of each user required for traveling from the departure point of the user through the meeting place to the destination, and a join cost of each user required for joining at the meeting place based on the transportation of the user, and calculates the sum of the travel costs and the join costs of the respective users. Based on the multiple calculated sums, a formal setting unit formally sets a meeting place.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki Awano
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Patent number: 11164266Abstract: The protection of water providing entities from loss due to environmental events is disclosed including receiving structured and unstructured data related to a water resource, generating time series for a plurality of index items, generating training data and testing data based on the time series for the plurality of index items, determining correlations between the time series of the index items using the generated training data, determining a classification boundary as a strike level based on the determined correlation, generating a protection strategy based on the strike level, applying the protection strategy to the testing data to generate a resulting data time series, and presenting the resulting data time series via a display of a computing device to at least one user of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ernesto Arandia, Fearghal O'Donncha, Emanuele Ragnoli, Seshu Tirupathi
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Patent number: 11164114Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for performing detailed planning functions for businesses, enterprises and other types of organizations. According to an embodiment, the system comprises a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to define calculations based on data associated with an entity that may have scalar attributes for each entity, and/or a time series, and execution of the defined calculation generates time series result. According to another aspect, a calculation definition may be configured to be adjustable allowing a user to adjust parameter value(s) for each entity associated with the calculation definition. According to another aspect, a calculation definition may be configured to be discretionary allowing a user to attach or assign a calculation to each entity individually. According to another aspect, multiple calculations may be created and have the same name.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TCG SENIOR FUNDING L.L.C.Inventors: Paul Barber, Robert Walker, Geoffrey Ng, Jason Seeley